Georgia Baptists Begin New Year with Ambitious Campaign Wins
Georgia Baptists report 1920 year end gifts totaling 1 774 399 74 to the 75 Million Campaign surpassing prior records. The Home and Foreign Mission Boards plan expanded work across Europe and China, with Mercer University and Bessie Tift College leading educational expansion in the state and the Orphans Home at Hapeville receiving substantial support. The hospital program in Atlanta advances, evangelistic outreach surpasses prior baptisms, and centennial observances of the Christian Index and Mercer University are anticipated.
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Louie
Georgia Baptists
D. Newton
Georgia
Mercer University System of Schools and Colleges
South
Mercer University
Georgia Baptist Convention
Savannah
United States
Europe
Foreign Mission Board
Southern Baptists
China
Arch. C. Cree
Treas
Flatiron Ridg
Atlanta
Home Board
Edmonds
The
Manufacturers’ Record
Home Mission Board
America
Bessie Tift
Baptist of Georgia
Rufus W. Weaver
Hapeville
Campbell and Mercer
Georgia Baptist Hospital
Baptists of
T. F. Callaway
Christian Index
Empire State
Bill's Handicap Too Heavy in Golf With Minister
A Detroit Free Press anecdote describes Bill, a Presbyterian by marriage, golfing with a Reverend Mr Sanderson. The round shows Bill’s explosive language and rough play as friends heckle him, while he endures and keeps playing despite pressure from the group.
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Bill
Mr. Sanderson
Detroit Free Press
The High Cost of War Analysis Released
The United States Bureau of Standards reports 93 cents of each dollar in this year's federal budget funds war while only one cent supports education and public wealth. It notes a national tax of 50 per person with 46.50 for war and militarism and 0.50 for education and health. Public reaction asks how readers feel about the ratio.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Unce Sam
E. B. Rosa
Washington, D. C
United States
Sadducees and Pharisees in First Century Judaism
The text explains two rival Jewish parties during Jesus ministry. Pharisees, the nationalist ritualists adhering to tradition, sought to preserve national spirit within a Roman-ruled land. Sadducees, the priestly aristocracy, aligned with prevailing powers and held rationalist views. they rejected the resurrection, unlike the Pharisees who believed in it.
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Roman Empire
Early English bicycle pioneers and the boneshaker lineage
The article notes James Plowright as England’s first bicycle maker who died in September. It details his iron framed machines and later wooden wheel designs, credits M Michaux of Paris with inventing the front wheel pedal bicycle in 1866, imported to England in 1868, and mentions James Starley adapting the boneshaker into the modern bicycle and tricycle.
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England
James Plowright
France
Mr. Plowright
James Starley
Sussex
Sugar Power Drives Future Motor Fuel From Alcohol
Admiral Dumas at the Imperial motor transport conference in Olympia London predicts sugar as a source of alcohol for motor fuel. He envisions sugar as a by product of coal and alcohol as the main product. He welcomes the Pussyfoot campaign to unlock waste alcohol in wines and spirits and urges government action against benzol losses from coal gas production.
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Admiral Dumas
Imperial Motor Transport Conference
Olympia
London
The Trouble of Percy and Patrice
A dialogue hints at Percy's vanished patience as Patrice explains a cloud entered his life. The exchange centers on a small measure, humorously tied to a pupa's foot rather than a man’s hand, signaling a whimsical misdirection in their conversation.
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Patience
Percy
Patrice
Pleasant social notices and community updates at Wilkes home
A large Tuesday night gathering at Mrs. A L Wilkes home, greetings for guests throughout the week. Local families move in, visits to relatives expand, and school resumes after a two week break. Church services planned with Rev D F Sheppard. births announced. various visits and dinners noted among many neighbors.
Harmony News Church Activities and Social Visits
Rev N H Burch led his regular service on Sunday and dined with Mr W A Kitchens last Saturday. Miss Viva Ricks returned to Mt Beney School after holidays with her brother T M Ricks. Mr and Mrs T M Ricks were guests of Mr and Mrs Co F Braswell for dinner. Miss Sybil Holmes spent the weekend with her cousin Viva.
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Sybil Holmes
Fannie Belle Holton
Ollie Branch
Josie Merritt
Florence Kitchens
T. M. Ricks
Zetter
N. H. Burch
Miss Viva Ricks
Mt. Beney School
Co. F. Braswell
Rev
W. A. Kitchens
Miss
Viva
Bethel News Highlights Local Marriages and School Change
Rev Ralph Griffin filled his regular appointment at Bethel church last Sunday. Miss Cleo Adams and Mr W A Cooper wed January 2. Mrs W M Osborne has taken charge of the Swift Creek school to finish the term. Miss Clyde Braddy and Mr Clyde Palmer married December 27 at the bride's mother's home and will live near Zaidee. Mr and Mrs Charles Peace hosted and visited Katherine Morris's mother. Glaze Morris and Graham killed thirty five birds last Friday. Delle Tharpe returned to school Monday. Marie Morris and others visited Mrs John Dickson Sunday. George Yarbrough has been living in the community.
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A. L. Wilkes
Jeanette Thompson
Wadley
Thos. Thompson
Mary D
Ina
Sadie, Dubitee
Mary B. Peterson
Sadie
Amanda Sharpe
Alston
Ruthie
Ruby Wilkes
J. L. Wilkes
Howard Hamilton
Kibbee
W. G. Dickerson
Ladies Aid Society
Car Union
D. F. Sheppard
Daisy
Aimwell Presbyterian Church
Lawton Morris
Ralph Griffin
Bethel Church
Cleo Adams
W. A. Cooper
W. M. Osborne
Swift Creek
Clyde Braddy
Clyde Palmer
M. A. Braddy
Zaidee
Charles Peace
James Peace
Katherine Morris
Florida
Messrs. Glaze, Morris and
Graham
Delle Tharpe
Marie Morris
L C. Graham
Newell Dickson
John Dickson
George Yarbrough
Local Notes On Nearby Residents And Movements
In the past three years he sold his farm and moved out last Monday. Miss Bessie Morris spent last week with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Marie Morris. Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Mitchell returned from Tennessee with the latter resuming teaching at Mc Gregor and the former back to work in Atlanta for the Gillette Rubber Company. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Morris visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mathias Sunday.
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Bessie Morris
Marie Morris
L. V. Mitchell
Tennessee
McGregor
Atlanta
Gillette Rubber Company
S. L. Morris
Homer Mathias
Route Four Items
Route four items recount social visits in Vidalia and surrounding areas. Names include Allen Sharpe McIntyre Thompson Hughes Oliver Jarriel Collins Sharpe R S Sharpe Nella Mae Cree Lucile Sharpe Estelle Thompson and others. Local activities note Sunday school attendance fox hunting near Reidsville and a new blacksmith shop opening at the old Davis shop.
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Allen Sharpe
A. J. McIntyre
Vidalia
Massie McIntyre
Hughes Chapel
Ralph Sharpe
Wilmer Thompson
John D. Hughes
Richard Oliver
John Jarriel
Collins
Allan Sharpe
R. S. Sharpe
Nella Mae
Cree
Lucile Sharpe
Otis Jackson
Frank Taylor
Estelle Thompson
Don Palmer
Mallie Fountain
Alex Blount
M. C. Dickerson
Duncan
Reidsville
Lucille Sharpe
Aimwell Sunday Affternoon
Messrs
Joseph E. Taylor
Davis Shop
No Worms in a Healthy Child Product Claim
An advertisement claims children with worms show pale skin and stomach issues. GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC is marketed as a regular two to three week treatment to enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the whole system. It promises to expel worms and restore health for 60 cents per bottle.
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Grove
Bromo Quinine Advertised as Cures for Colds
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a universal cure for colds and influenza. It notes a box with E W Grove’s signature and a price of 30 cents, appealing to readers seeking a single remedy.
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E. W. Grove
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Georgia Baptist Orphanage
Union Pharmacy
N.O. Carter
Myself
Don
Auld
South Georgia
Mr. Carter
N. S. Meadows
Union Pharmagy
Aimwell Happenings
Harmony News
Bethel News
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